Umbrex is pleased to welcome Matti A Karinen. Matti has worked 17 years in consulting, in strategy, operations, performance improvement and M&A, with Oliver Wyman, McKinsey, Partners in Performance and in independent practice. In 15 years in corporates and startups, Matti was co-founder of 2 startups with successful exits. Corporate executive roles include Sinar Mas Group and RGE Group in Asia, leadership in transformation, digital, turnaround teams, and as CEO of a 4,000 employee African company. Experienced in energy, including…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Marc Bachs Castan. Marc is a management consultant with extensive Commercial/Vendor Due Diligence, Strategy, Performance Improvement and M&A experience at Bain & Co. and as an independent contractor. He has lead multiple consulting teams and his career has taken him to Europe, America, and Australia where he currently lives. Marc is very interested in how technology can completely reshape industries as we currently know them….

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Ziad Nasrallah with High Impact Advisors.  Ziad brings in 15+ year of experience in top tier strategy consulting and private equity companies in the Middle East. He has extensive experience in performance improvement, turnarounds, restructurings, providing strategic and financial advisory to PE funds, family groups and conglomerates; with hands-on experience in retail and distribution, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, money transfer and B2B services. Prior to founding High Impact Advisors, Ziad was Managing Director of the…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Anushia Kandasamy with Samanea Asia Consulting.  Anushia is a management consultant and senior leadership facilitator based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with 11 years of experience at McKinsey & Company. Anushia has extensive experience working with in the public sector, as well as with larger SMEs in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. She has also served United Nations agencies on Change Management and Leadership Development. As a versatile problem-solver, Anushia works across a range of topics related…

  From the archives of David Bernal’s company blog, timeless advice on how to build a competitive intelligence function that responds to business needs and informs an effective  strategy. Recently, I had a discussion with the VP of strategy for a major multinational retailer. Even a company with vast resources and highly capable management struggled with a common issue for top management: the lack of actionable, timely and relevant competitive information to make appropriate corporate strategy and performance-improvement decisions. Many…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Andrew Hone with Zenith Strategy Associates.  Andrew Hone spent three years as a Principal in the Strategy and Private equity practices at Bain & Company. Prior to Bain, he was a Partner at L.E.K. Consulting, where he specialised in corporate strategy and private equity advisory services. For the last eight years he has been running his own consulting firm and operates across ANZ and the UK. He focuses on strategy development, performance improvement and transaction…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Zac Peake with Constratego Ltd.  Zac Peake has broad consulting and corporate experience, with work that spans strategy development, growth planning, performance improvement, cost reduction, organisation design, and transformation / change for a mix of consumer and retail, financial services, and private equity clients. Zac has worked at Booz & Company (Consumer and Retail practice), The Parthenon Group (commercial due diligence) as well as independent consulting. Zac’s previous corporate work includes roles as strategy director…